South Korean President Park Geun-hye's call for multilateral dialogue in Northeast Asia is premature without a framework for military cooperation with Japan, South Korea and the U.S.

Settling Japan's right to a "collective self-defense" is destined to become of vital interest to the United States as it carries out mandatory defense budget cuts.

As the first conservative government in Japan for a long time, the Abe Cabinet faces two major tasks, including departing from the postwar regime on security.

It's hard to understand why some elements in Japan and overseas argue that the Abe Cabinet is causing Japanese politics to swing dangerously right.

Since I have been requested to express my views on the territorial issues concerning the Takeshima islets and Senkaku Islands on several occasions recently, I thought it opportune to compile them into one coherent argument. At the outset, readers should be informed that I have ...

Four months after the presidential elections in Taiwan, there is a big difference when comparing the aftereffects of the elections in 2008 to those in 2012. Four years ago, there was a sense of crisis over the situation surrounding the Strait of Taiwan. Now the ...

Although the original version of this article was written for a Japanese daily, I initially had American readers in my mind as the main target of my argument. In his first telephone conversation with the newly appointed Prime Minister Noda Yoshihiko, U.S. President Barack Obama ...

Recently, I had a most bizarre experience. I was walking down a street when a total stranger approached me and asked, "What will become of Japan?" And this happened not once but three times. Under a normal circumstance, those three people would have simply ...

It has taken the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) two long months to settle on the continuation of Kan Naoto as prime minister. Whatever past grudges or future intricacies might exist, the Kan Cabinet must get down to work without further delay. It is excruciating ...

The baseball team from Konan High School, Okinawa, emerged from the dramatic final game as the winner of the annual National High School Baseball Championship for spring 2010. There is an untold story behind this victory. When, much to the dismay of the players, the ...